When You're Smiling...

August 31, 2009 11:35 AM Age: 1 yrs
Category: Issue, August 2009, Columns, The Insider, Featured

By: Cliff White

Alex Buckingham, 19, Tom Cechak, 21, and Hughie McKinley, 23 (pictured l to r), all of State College, gave out hugs on the corner of Allen Street and College Avenue on an early June afternoon. In fact, they have handed out free hugs to hundreds of people downtown in the past few months. “Fridays and Saturdays are the busiest,” McKinley says. “We’ve hugged people who have had recent deaths in the family, and who just broke up with their boyfriends or girlfriends. People say it really helps them get through their day.”


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